Micah 7:18 – Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy.
God relates with us and from God we learn how to relate with each other. God doesn’t offend us, but we offend Him. Many times we think we are not to blame and everyone else is to blame for our relationship woes, and if that is the case then learning from God is ideal. God is not to blame but we are to blame. How does He treat us?
God is perfect, He does no wrong. We are human and constantly on the wrong. Out of our human sinful selfish nature, we don’t even accept responsibility that we are also part of the problem. When we visit a counselor, or when we complain about our partner to whoever cares to listen, we present a case that suggests that we are not to blame. We are perfect. We are good. We are better than others.
It takes two to tango. However perfect and blameless you think you are, there is a percentage of blame that falls on you. Until you acknowledge that you are also part of the problem, the problem may not be properly solved. Accept that you are also to blame and be clear and truthful what wrong you have also contributed to the strained relationship. You are not perfect and blameless. You are not!
In fact it is correctly suggested that a person who thinks they are blameless is toxic in a relationship. A person who is never wrong is the hidden problem in the relationship. The person who would never apologize or accept their part of the mistake is a bad partner.
There is an obvious offender, and then there is the hidden problem who looks innocent and perfect. The hidden problem who blames everyone except themselves. The hidden problem who will not acknowledge even when he or she is obviously wrong. That hidden problem is the problem!
Assuming we may not do anything about the hidden problem who insists on being right and blameless. Also understanding that all of us have a degree of this behavior. Using this assumption, we say, if you think you are perfect and never to blame, act like God who is perfect and never to blame.
In our relationship with God, how does He treat us? We are to blame, He is not. Yet God whom we have offended forgives us. Yet God who is innocent and blameless does not get angry forever. You too should forgive and never get angry forever!
Prophet Micah tells us that there is no God like our God. He forgives sin that we commit against Him. He is blameless but He forgives us. Furthermore, He doesn’t stay angry forever!
We thank God for how He relates with us. We thank God for forgiving our many wrongs. Much more we thank God for not staying angry forever!
In our relationships with each other let us learn from God. Like God let us constantly forgive each other as God forgives us. Whether are are the obvious problem or the hidden problem who doesn’t accept mistakes, we should be quick to forgive each other as God forgives us.
Matthew 6:14 – For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Matthew 6:15 – But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
God doesn’t stay angry forever. None of us in any relationship should stay angry forever. Prolonged tension and anger is ungodly. Prolonged anger and tension is a sign of unwillingness to forgive. God doesn’t stay angry forever, we shouldn’t drag unresolved issues.
Ephesians 4:26 – “In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,
There is a limited period of time when anger is justified. After that, it is wrong and ungodly. Your partner will not get better nor improve because of your prolonged anger. Your prolonged anger may introduce feelings of insecurity and dissatisfaction with the relationship. Prolonged anger serves no positive purpose for you and the relationship. Like God, do not stay angry forever!
May God help us to relate with others the way He relates to us. May we in our relationships be as forgiving frequently as God forgives us for our repeated big and small mistakes. May we in our relationships avoid prolonged anger and tension as God who doesn’t stay angry forever. In Jesus’s name, Amen!
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Amen and Amen.
Thank you bishop.
” The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
He will not always chide, neither will he keep His anger for ever.
He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities”. Psalms 103:8-10.
Hallelujah! Thank you my brother